Chapter 307 - Greater Earth Armament
"Um, you won't be asking me to help out too, right?" Faelyn asked after watching the Supreme Elder jumped off the airship.
"You must be kidding. Neither you nor I will be surviving a hit from that thing. Wouldn't I be asking you to die?" Leon responded rhetorically.
"Err, that's true." Faelyn patted her chest with relief before flashing Leon a questioning glance. "Then, what are you doing?"
Leon was seen stretching his limbs and muscles.
"I can't join this level of battle directly, but I can still assist them from the sidelines," Leon said while focusing on the situation below attentively.
"Will your assist even be of any help at all?" Faelyn doubted.
Towards this, Leon did not comment and just smiled lightly.
Indeed, even with Leon's current 9-star Ranked Awakener cultivation, the power difference was too vast for him to hurt the robust body of the Ant King. Heck, he might not even be able to tickle it.
A Preliminary Accession-level equivalent Transcendent beast, or in other words, a Rank 1 Transcendent beast possesses a physical strength of 100 thousand jin and beyond.
For a powerful creature like the Ant King that was on par with Seeking Insight-level Transcendents, it was a Rank 2 Transcendent and a powerful Rank 2 Transcendent.
The physical strength of Rank 2 Transcendent beasts and creatures went beyond one million jin. This was far greater than the measly 10 thousand-jin physical strength limits of human Transcendents possess.
And for a creature to possess over one million jin worth of raw physical strength, it goes without saying that its body would be equally powerful.
If humans want to compete with such monstrous beings, relying on just their awakening cultivation alone would not be enough, not unless they figured out how to utilize their elemental laws to their full potential.
For Leon, who was not even a Transcendent, harming a Rank 1 Transcendent beast might still be within the realms of possibility, but damaging a Rank 2 Transcendent creature like the Ant King was just not possible.
Of course, this is only comparatively speaking for his combat prowess. Whether he had a method of slaying Transcendents was an entirely different matter.
"Che."
Faelyn pouted and faced away in another direction after being ignored. Shortly after, she saw the situation on Lilith's side and pointed.
"Shouldn't we help those people over there?"
Leon flashed a quick look and shook his head.
"No, they will be fine for now. They are holding out well. We need to kill the humanoid ant down here if we want to win the battle decisively."
"Eh, but they will have an easier time if we help them."
"Then you can head over there with the airship. I'll be staying over here."
After saying that, Leon hopped off the airship and used Divine Will to float in the sky.
Faelyn had her brows furrowed as she had no idea what Leon was planning. People of their level were too weak to provide any form of assistance.
The Ant King was simply too monstrous, so monstrous it would only take one punch for them and the airship to be done for.
Glancing back at the airship captain on the deck, Faelyn said, "Well, you heard the prince. Take us over there."
"As you wish, Princess Faelyn."
The airship complied willingly.
…
After Marquis Haldir threw out the seeds imbued with his power, the seeds shortly grew into long thorny vines that caught the Ant King by surprise as the thorny vines wrapped about the Ant King and entangled it.
Scree!
(Foolish humans. Do you think something like this will be able to restrain me? If I want, I can snap this apart just by exerting a little bit of… hmm? This thing is tougher than I thought. Interesting.)
"Take this chance to escape!" Marquis Haldir shouted to the broken golem while the Ant King was still preoccupied with the strange thorny vines.
Elder Evergreen did not waste any time after he was given the opportunity. He quickly withdrew all the energy reinforcing the broken golem back into his body and shot out from the broken golem's head.
"Many thanks for your timely help, Fellow Transcendent." Elder Evergreen expressed his gratitude with clasped hands after landing besides Marquis Haldir.
"Never mind that. We need to work together to take that thing down! Do you have a plan?" Marquis Haldir asked urgently as he exerted all his power to reinforce the thorny vine entanglement.
Hearing this, Elder Evergreen became solemn.
"The Ant King's is too hard! We need a Transcendent of the fire or metal element to be able to kill it! But if you can buy me enough time, there is something I want to try. If I am successful, I will be able to handle our defenses."
The first half had Marquis Haldir furrowing his brows as he was unconvinced, but the second half had his eyes lit up.
"If you can handle the defense, then I will handle the attack. How much time do you need?"
"As much as you can give me."
"Hmm… alright, but don't take too long."
Receiving Marquis Haldir's agreement, Elder Evergreen began his preparation. During the battle with the Ant King, he was able to gain further insights into the Laws of Earth.
"Earth, come!"
Countless earthen soil flew towards Elder Evergreen from the remains of the broken golem and stopped just in front of the elder.
These earthen soil from the rock golem were only rocky under the elder's reinforcement of earth energy. Once the energy was removed, they had naturally returned to normal soil.
But they had been compressed once and appeared clumped together like rubbles.
"Compress!"
Elder Evergreen compressed these clumps of earth even further. In fact, he used all his power to compress them to the limits of his ability. As they shrank, their density and hardness increased drastically until they turned in countless rectangular-shaped earthen plates.
After this was done, these earthen plates latched themselves onto the elder. The overgrown grasses were used like thin ropes as they proceeded to fly over and weave the earthen plates together into a full suit of ancient-style battle armor.
[Greater Earth Armament]
Elder Evergreen decided to call it that.
"This is what you wanted me to buy you time for?!" Marquis Haldir appeared greatly disappointed as he was expecting something big. "How can this possibly be used to defend against the Ant King?!"
"Don't look down on this new move of mine. This is my most powerful state yet."
Elder Evergreen's eyes glistened with confidence.
If [Colossal Rock Golem] was conceptualized on attack, then [Greater Earth Armament] was conceptualized on defense.
Only a fraction of the rock golem mass was used for [Greater Earth Armament], but its weight and defensive capability was not something to be looked down upon.
The ancient-style battle armor glistened and glowed with a yellowish sheen and appeared almost metallic.
A ridiculous amount of earth energy had been poured into it, and even now, Elder Evergreen's power was freely flowing through the battle armor. It was almost like another layer of defense made of pure earth energy.
Elder Evergreen was not lying when he said it was his most powerful state. His power had been too spread before, but now it was all compressed in this tiny frame.
A simple step forward was taken, but the earth easily cracked under its weight. Marquis Haldir had a change in expression at this sight and was forced to reevaluate the potential of the battle armor.
Suddenly, Marquis Haldir had another change in expression.
"Oh, no!"
Prak!
The thorny vines snapped, and the Ant King set itself loose from the restraints after losing interest. The thorny vines were tough, but still not enough to hold the Ant King back when it becomes serious.
Scree!
(Which one of you want to die first?)
No one understood its meaning, but Elder Evergreen stepped forward and shouted, "Your opponent is me!"
(Very well. It shall be you then!)
Boom!
The Ant King closed the gap in an instance and shot out a punch straight at Elder Evergreen's chest before anyone could even react.
Pang!
The elder could not guard in time and flew over 300 yards away!
Fast! Too fast!
Marquis Haldir's expression was terrible to behold. He was about cuss when he suddenly heard another explosion behind as Elder Evergreen shot back towards the Ant King in a raucous mood.
"Hahaha! Again!"
Elder Evergreen laughed as his eyes burned with great battle spirit. The blow just now had barely hurt him at all!
Pang!
Elder Evergreen struck again, but he had his knees bent in a guarding position. He managed to resist the force of the blow. Still, he was sent 30-yards back with deep trailing marks on the ground.
"Again!" Elder Evergreen shouted again with glee. The battle armor was holding out well with little to no damage to it and himself. Against an opponent of this caliber, this battle was exhilarating!
The Ant King was incited. In the next 20 exchanges, Elder Evergreen became its punching bag as he was sent flying around continuously by its powerful blows.
"Oi, oi, oi! When are you going to help?!" Elder Evergreen shouted in panic after a crack finally appeared on his battle armor.